African NGOs Call on World Bank to Exit Hospital Investments
A coalition of leading African civil society groups called on the World Bank to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals, ...
New Research Ranks The 10 Smartest Countries In The World
An unofficial ranking of the world's cleverest countries based on criteria including number of Nobel Prize nominations and ...
World Bank warns its Colombian employees to skip US travel
The World Bank on Monday warned its Colombian employees against traveling to or from the United States after three staff ...
World Bank president cautions against hasty reaction to Trump policies
Policymakers around the globe should not react in haste to announcements by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, and ...
World Bank’s Banga Seeks $85 Billion to Leverage Africa’s Youth
World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...
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$150M World Bank project plagued by allegations of violence and abuse terminated in Tanzania
The project was supposed to be a boon for wildlife-based tourism in the East African country, but critics say it came “at an ...
Ex-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says World Bank should be key target for Elon Musk’s DOGE spending cuts
Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — the cost-slashing body known as ...
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World Bank, IMF advocate for coordinated inflation control in Nigeria
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to remain ...
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World Bank, Asian Development Bank under fire for mutual reliance plan
NGOs say the banks’ obligation to prevent and remedy harm “cannot be delegated.” The World Bank and Asian Development Bank ...
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World Bank says the global is economy is growing steadily, but not fast enough to help ease poverty
The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the world’s ...
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AfDB, World Bank commit $40 billion to expand Africa’s energy access
Dar es Salaam. The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have committed a combined $40 billion to the ambitious “Mission 300” initiative, aimed at providing electricity access to 300 ...